Rebels Attack Grozny

World News to Note

December 18, 2000

NAZRAN, Russia -- Rebels fired on the mayor's office in Chechnya's capital Grozny on Sunday, prompting a shootout with police and guards that left four dead and several bystanders wounded, officials said. It was one of the most daring of several recent attacks by rebel Chechens on pro-Moscow Chechen officials. The raids highlight the difficulty Russia is having restoring order to the breakaway republic and how weak its hold is on areas it claims to control, such as Grozny.